Laboratory testing measures blood chemistry, hematology, toxicology, and other analytes. Results are reported with reference ranges indicating normal values for the testing population.
Timing relative to the event affects interpretation.
Alternative Names:
Lab Results, Laboratory Values
Why it Matters?
Laboratory data is frequently overlooked in injury records review and can be decisive. Toxicology from an emergency department visit documents intoxication contemporaneously, inflammatory markers bear on infection timing in long-term care claims, and baseline chemistry establishes preexisting conditions such as diabetes or renal impairment that affect both causation and life expectancy in catastrophic cases.
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What laboratory findings matter in injury cases?
Why is timing important?
